Phone: 785-827-5541 x. 2111
Toll Free: 1-800-874-1154
Email: dibbini@kwu.edu

Mike Dibbini has been coaching at Kansas Wesleyan since the 2005 season. He has compiled a combined 174-56-21 men's and women's overall record during his tenure.

The women's team has compiled an overall record of 89-27-12 under Dibbini and been nearly untouchable in conference play under Dibbini. KWU won three straight regular season championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008 going undefeated during that time span, and won four straight conference tournament championships in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and added another in 2010. Under Dibbini's leadership, the Coyotes are 50-3-1 in regular season KCAC play, the best record of any KCAC team during that same span.

The women also qualified for the regional tournament each of the last three years of its existence and were consistently ranked in the top five in the region. In 2007, the Coyotes became the first KCAC team in conference history to advance to the NAIA National Tournament, and second straight appearance in 2008. Dibbini was named the KCAC Coach of the Year in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. He was also named as the Region 4 Coach of the Year and was named the Great Plains Region Women's Soccer Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2007.

Prior to coaching at KWU, Dibbini was the Boys' and Girls' Soccer Coach at Salina Central High School from 1999-2006. In 2006, he was named the AVCTL Division I Coach of the Year. In 1999, he received the Kansas State Youth Soccer Boys Coach of the Year award.

He holds an NSCAA Premier Coaching Diploma and USSF National Coaching License. He is also the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Salina Soccer Club, and is currently on staff as the Head Boys' Coach for the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP).

Dibbini graduated in 1999 from Kansas Wesleyan University with a degree in Elementary Education, and continued on to earn a Master of Business Administration in 2002.

As a player at KWU and in junior college at Bethany Lutheran (Minn.) College, Dibbini was a four-time (twice at KWU and twice at BLC) All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American. In 1997, Dibbini was ranked number two in the NAIA for goals scored and offensive points. He was also named to the NAIA Academic All-Region team in 1997 and the National Small College Player of the Year 1997.

Originally from Palmdale, Calif., Dibbini was a First Team All-CIF selection twice, CIF Player of the Year, and Golden League Player of the Year twice at Palmdale High School.

Coach Dibbini and his wife, Trina, also a 2002 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University, currently reside in Salina, with their children Jada and Kadin.

Phone: 785-827-5541 x. 2111
Toll Free: 1-800-874-1154

Mike Padilla has been an assistant coach for the Coyotes since the 2008 season.

Padilla, a native of Lynwood, Calif., came to Kansas Wesleyan in 2006, playing for coach Mike Dibbini in 2006, but missed 2007 with an injury.

Padilla came to Kansas Wesleyan from Mt San Antonio College in California, where he played in 2005.

He also spent one season at Cerritos College, where the Falcons reached the State Finals in 2004.

Padilla prepped at Salesian High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 2004. He helped lead the Mustangs to the CIF Championship in 2004. He was also named the CIF Player of the Year in 2004 in addition to being named Santa Fe League MVP in 2003 and 2004.

He holds a NSCAA National Coaching Diploma and is currently an Academy Director for the Salina Soccer Club.

Assistant Coach / Goalkeepers
West Coast Recruiting Coordinator
Email: bt.blondeel-timmerma@kwu.edu

"BT" Timmerman has been an assistant coach for coach Mike Dibbini since the 2006 season.

Timmerman has deep roots in the youth soccer community in the Antelope Valley (Calif.) area and has been instrumental in the recruitment in high school players to Kansas Wesleyan.

Timmerman also plays the role of West Coast Recruiting Coordinator for the Coyotes.